Timeline
-The Church of The East in the Sassanid Empire - 409 AD
-Christianity is going well in Afghanistan, there are no haters. - 6th to 7th century
-610 Muhammad sees ArchAngel Gabriel and starts Islam.
-Soon after 610, military expeditions called "futuhats" are launched into the Afghan Region, Afghanistan becomes Muslim.
-First Crusades Start, so does Christian/Muslim conflict. - 1,095 to 1291
-Spanish Christian Explorers came to Afghanistan. Emperor Akbar greeted them well, but no relations were held between the countries. -1582
-Soviets invaded in 1978
-1985 Mujahideen band together to fight against the Soviets.
-1986 America supplies the Mujahideen with weapon. Mujahideen later became the Taliban in '96.
-Taliban (Islamic Extremists) came to power in 1996.
-Taliban fell in 2001
-Became the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2004
-Abdul Rahman almost executed in 2006
-"Kabar" still hides his Christianity from Police in 2007
-2006 is the pinnacle of US and UK Media activity in Christians in Afghanistan.
General Facts
-Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic
-America funded the Taliban to help them fight the Russians.
-The legal system is based on Civic and Sharia Law.
-ALL (but one) Churches in Afghanistan are underground.
-There is exactly one Synagog and one Church that are not secretive/underground. Both are Government "tools" to say "Hey, we support other faiths." They are not open to locals.
-One guy was tortured and executed for just communicating with a Christian convert.
-It is illegal to convert from Islam
-It is illegal to advertise any religion aside from Islam.
Statistics/Miscellaneous
-99.85% of Afghanis are Muslim
-0.05% of Afghanis are Christian
-Hamid Karzai is the President
-Population of 30 million (humans).
-Approximately 2,000-10,000 Christians in Afghanistan
-There is only ONE known Afghan Jew.
Timeline
-The Church of The East in the Sassanid Empire - 409 AD
-Christianity is going well in Afghanistan, there are no haters. - 6th to 7th century
-610 Muhammad sees ArchAngel Gabriel and starts Islam.
-Soon after 610, military expeditions called "futuhats" are launched into the Afghan Region, Afghanistan becomes Muslim.
-First Crusades Start, so does Christian/Muslim conflict. - 1,095 to 1291
-Spanish Christian Explorers came to Afghanistan. Emperor Akbar greeted them well, but no relations were held between the countries. -1582
-Soviets invaded in 1978
-1985 Mujahideen band together to fight against the Soviets.
-1986 America supplies the Mujahideen with weapon. Mujahideen later became the Taliban in '96.
-Taliban (Islamic Extremists) came to power in 1996.
-Taliban fell in 2001
-Became the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2004
-Abdul Rahman almost executed in 2006
-"Kabar" still hides his Christianity from Police in 2007
-2006 is the pinnacle of US and UK Media activity in Christians in Afghanistan.
General Facts
-Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic
-America funded the Taliban to help them fight the Russians.
-The legal system is based on Civic and Sharia Law.
-ALL (but one) Churches in Afghanistan are underground.
-There is exactly one Synagog and one Church that are not secretive/underground. Both are Government "tools" to say "Hey, we support other faiths." They are not open to locals.
-One guy was tortured and executed for just communicating with a Christian convert.
-It is illegal to convert from Islam
-It is illegal to advertise any religion aside from Islam.
Statistics/Miscellaneous
-99.85% of Afghanis are Muslim
-0.05% of Afghanis are Christian
-Hamid Karzai is the President
-Population of 30 million (humans).
-Approximately 2,000-10,000 Christians in Afghanistan
-There is only ONE known Afghan Jew.